...took the lazy way out and said that if "race" is taken into account, then the United States is second to none in provision of public education, which is simply a lie.
As is his norm, tokenadult ignores the data and vaguely appeals to authorities while attacking straw men.
Thaumasiotes didn't claim the US was #1, he merely pointed out that most of the gap Tokenadult cited is caused by student quality, not education policy. Nothing tokenadult has cited (here or elsewhere) addresses this point.
As is his norm, tokenadult ignores the data and vaguely appeals to authorities while attacking straw men.
Thaumasiotes didn't claim the US was #1, he merely pointed out that most of the gap Tokenadult cited is caused by student quality, not education policy. Nothing tokenadult has cited (here or elsewhere) addresses this point.
Tokenadult knows all this, but for ideological reasons will attempt to mislead people unfamiliar with the topic. He has already been made aware of the facts Thaumasiotes cited several times, and has repeatedly failed to address them: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3315126 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2463278 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3321276